The mother of an infant found decomposed in a plastic container was charged in connection with the death.

Jamie Melissa Wilson, 41, is charged with homicide by child abuse.

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Deputies found the remains in a container at Fountain Hills Apartments on Monday.

Fountain Inn Police Chief Keith Morton said the deputies were carrying out an eviction order -- which is handled by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office -- and taking inventory of belongings when they came across the container that held the remains of an infant.

A pathologist's test revealed the baby was born at 38 weeks and died about one year earlier.

Police said Wilson had claimed she did not know she was pregnant when the child was born.

According to the warrant, sometime in October 2016, Wilson caused the death of her newborn by "failing to provide the child with adequate and potentially life-saving care," which resulted in the death of the infant.